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"Mr President, I am very pleased to see that climate change remains one of the key priorities of the Commission for the coming year. Here we have an awful lot to deliver and I think we should focus on that delivery.
I understand why Commissioner Dimas is delaying the publication of the ETS and the other parts of the energy package until the new year, but I hope that does not mean that we are losing our resolve on climate change. There is a certain amount of scepticism in Washington and elsewhere about how serious the European Union is about climate change. It would be a real shame at a time when we are seeing changes in Washington, on both sides, Republican and Democrat, where we are seeing changes in Australia and a willingness to begin dialogue in China and India, if we were to stumble on our reform package on climate change.
We had our summit in March but it is not enough to talk about targets. We have got to implement them. We cannot just ‘talk the talk’ on climate change; we have to ‘walk the walk’ on climate change.
You, as the Commission, cannot do that alone. You need the governments of Europe to back you, and there will be a tough debate on burden-sharing in the new year. I hope this Parliament will be involved in that debate, not just watching on the sidelines, and we look forward to seeing how we can be involved.
But you also need the support of this House, and I say to the colleagues opposite and to the Liberals: last month, on cars, you let us down on climate change because you watered down the Commission proposals. There will be another test later this morning on aviation emissions and I hope that we will have a strong package.
Finally, Mr Barroso mentioned the committee of wise men or wise people, which Mr Sarkozy wants to set up. Why cannot these wise people – yes I agree they should not be looking at institutional reform – why cannot they look at delivery, that we actually deliver what Europe promises, and then we will begin to make the reconnection with the citizens that is so often talked about."@en1
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